Higher Education under a comparative view

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  • Robert Evan Verhine Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21713/2358-2332.2017.v14.1467

Abstract

This document is an essay that analyzes and critiques a book recently translated and distributed by Capes about higher education in the BRIC countries (Brazil, China, India and Russia). The mentioned book is a product of the field of Comparative Education and focuses on the similarities and differences between the four countries in facing the challenges of globalization by investing in the expansion and improvement of their university systems. The present essay considers aspects of the Brazilian case that differ from those of the other three counties and points out limitations with respect to Brazil’s approach to higher education, as suggested from a reading of the book in question. The author concludes that, although suffering from some limitations, the book is of great value to the Brazilian reader, both because of the huge amount of information presented and because it exemplifies the methodology that undergirds comparative analyses.

Author Biography

Robert Evan Verhine, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil

PhD em Educação pela Universität Hamburg, Alemanha (1992). Foi Pró-Reitor de Pós-Graduação da Ufba e Presidente da Comissão Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior. Atuou como acadêmico visitante na Universität Hamburg, Alemanha; na Brown University, Estados Unidos; na Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, e na Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa´e, Timor-Leste. É professor associado da Faculdade de Educação da Ufba, Vice-Presidente da Associação Brasileira de Avaliação Educacional. Membro do Conselho Diretor da Comissão Fulbright do Brasil e membro fundador da Academia de Ciências da Bahia.

References

CARNOY, M. et al. Expansão das universidades em uma economia global em mudança: um triunfo dos BRIC? Brasília, DF: Capes, 2016, 435 p. (Tradução de: UNIVERSITY EXPANSION IN A CHANGING GLOBAL ECONOMIC: TRIUMPH OF THE BRICS?, originalmente publicado em inglês pela Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, EUA, 2013.)

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Published

2017-09-06

How to Cite

VERHINE, R. E. Higher Education under a comparative view. Brazilian Journal of Graduate Studies, Brasília, DF, v. 14, n. 33, p. 1–5, 2017. DOI: 10.21713/2358-2332.2017.v14.1467. Disponível em: https://rbpg.capes.gov.br/rbpg/article/view/1467. Acesso em: 22 aug. 2026.

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Vol. 14 (2017)

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